This Pie Cherry canning recipe is super fast and easy… Canning pie cherries is so much easier than you probably think! And the results are the most delicious, healthy, pie cherries in your pantry that are perfectly preserved for years of use! This recipe is for canning 6-7 quart canning jars.
Tools You’ll Need:
12 pounds of fresh pie cherries… I bought mine from Keyy Orchards between Payette and Weiser Idaho. (They’re beautiful and perfect! They are so good that they actually taste good on their own before adding any sugar!)
A Cherry Pitter!!! – You can use a knife, but a good cherry pitter will save you hours!
Simple Syrup. I made a super light simple syrup, because I try to keep my (and my family’s) sugar intake pretty low.)
Extra light simple syrup is made with 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 5 cups of water. I doubled the batch but had a bunch of leftovers.
7 clean quart jars and lids.
A water bath canner or large pot & lid with canning rings on the bottom.
A Jar Lifter.
That’s it!
How To Make Pie Cherry Canning Recipe Quarts
First, wash your cherries really well… I like to fill a clean sink with cool water and a cup of vinegar. The vinegar helps get the dirt and pesticides (if they’re not organic) off.
Then fill the other sink with cold ice water and put your clean cherries into it while you start pitting them.
Pit your cherries and place pitted cherries in a large bowl.
Fill your water bath canner, or large pot/water bath canner, so that when full of 7-quart jars the water will cover the lids by 2 inches.
Make your simple syrup by dissolving 1/2 a cup of sugar for every 5 cups of water, then turn to low.
Fill your clean quart jars with cherries.
Ladle the warm light syrup to fill quart jars, leaving 1-inch head space.
Remove air bubbles with a knife.
Wipe jar rims clean.
Place filled jars into your water-bath canner.
Set a new clean lid onto each clean quart jar.
Place band over the lid and tighten to “fingertight.”
Fill water bath canner with jars.
Make sure the water level is 2 inches above lids.
Place the lid on the canner, and Turn the heat to high till it comes to a rolling boil.
After the water starts boiling, set a timer for 20 minutes.
When time is up, remove jars with a Jar Lifter and place them on a towel-covered counter space to cool overnight.
The next day, remove bands over lids, and store jars for future use!
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The Best Pie Cherry Canning Recipe - Easy For Beginners
This Pie Cherry canning recipe is super fast and easy... Canning pie cherries is so much easier than you probably think! And the results are the most delicious,
Ingredients
- 12 lbs pie cherries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 5 cups water
Instructions
First, wash your cherries really well... I like to fill a clean sink with cool water and a cup of vinegar. The vinegar helps get the dirt and pesticides (if they're not organic) off.
Then fill the other sink with cold ice water and put your clean cherries into it while you start pitting them.
Pit your cherries and place pitted cherries in a large bowl.
Fill your water bath canner, or large pot/water bath canner, so that when full of 7-quart jars the water will cover the lids by 2 inches.
Make your simple syrup by dissolving 1/2 a cup of sugar for every 5 cups of water, then turn to low.
Fill your clean quart jars with cherries.
Ladle the warm light syrup to fill quart jars, leaving 1-inch head space.
Remove air bubbles with a knife.
Wipe jar rims clean.
Place filled jars into your water-bath canner.
Set a new clean lid onto each clean quart jar.
Place band over the lid and tighten to "fingertight."
Fill water bath canner with jars.
Make sure the water level is 2 inches above lids.
Place the lid on the canner, and Turn the heat to high till it comes to a rolling boil.
After the water starts boiling, set a timer for 20 minutes.
When time is up, remove jars with a Jar Lifter and place them on a towel-covered counter space to cool overnight.
The next day, remove bands over lids, and store jars for future use!
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